Is This Normal??
. At first we just thought he was taking them off the cats after they caught them. We would take them off him and dispose of them and then an hour later he would have another one
. Well DH was out this morning feeding horses and Otis barrels by him jumps in the bushes and comes out with a bird
After seeing that the light came on, he was getting his own birds. Seems he is quite the big hunter
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Every dog is an individual so who knows? I can only speak for my Pyrs (so far) and mine have all had low/no prey drive, but I'm sure that there are some out there that will "hunt" like Otis. Sammy was even on a farm sleeping with chickens in a foster home before he came to us and they said that he didn't even seem to notice the chickens. He and Cassie live with our cat now and they either nap with her or ignore her, too.
If you'd prefer that he not hunt & eat the birdies, you might have some luck teaching him the "leave it" command and maybe in time he'll leave them alone, but I'm guessing that he'll continue to do it at least until he gets older and less interested in the game.
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. I just can’t believe that he can catch birds as they are so fast and can fly
. I shouldn’t be surprised about him catching things as my Saint, Slugger use to go hunting mice and rats with my black cat Wiccan. It was amazing to watch them in the field or shed. Slugger would sniff the mice out and then scared them or start digging for them, and then Wiccan would wait by his side until the mice ran and then she was off after them, and Slugger along with the chase. Or Wiccan would chase the rats out of the small places where Slugger was waiting at the other end to get them. They were a pretty impressive team. Unfortunately Wiccan was taken by a coyote and poor Slug hasn’t made such a good connection with the other cats, plus they are pretty useless hunters.
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Rasputin will catch bugs. Dont get me wrong, as long as the are flying he will go after them, if they are walking or bigger than 2" they have no interest for him. He really likes bees!!! Its great, he will catch them in his mouth, where else, completely satisfied with himself then while walking away the bee will sting him! He looks around supprised but doesnt really care, then starts to drool!!!! Its awesome!!!
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Personally, I love it that way, I would hate to have some critter get eaten in my yard. Yeah, I know they are carnivores, but I just don't want it to happen here.
So, Pyrs work well for me in that regard. Cassie is probably 3/4 Pyr and the rest we just don't know, but whatever "it" is has some prey drive.
She will occasionally chase something, though I have never seen her catch anything, and I just hope that she doesn't. | Message Board Home |
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